Call for FCA to act now on MiFID II 'peppercorn pricing'

Research body urges crackdown

Mike Sheen
clock • 2 min read

Russell Napier, co-founder of independent research provider Electronic Research Interchange (ERIC), has urged the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to immediately crack down on so-called 'peppercorn pricing' of research, whereby the largest brokers have agreed negligibly low fees with the buy-side in order to retain their business in other service areas.

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